Matthew Breen

Minnetonka High School Math Teacher

[Katie Martin @katiemartinedu]

“Why do we have to dedicate our high school lives studying equations we’ll never use? Why do exams focusing on pointless topics end up determining our entire future?”

What Students Are Saying About How to Improve American Education https://t.co/sV0kePc2I1

#lcinnovation

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

@MLBRandomStats Hello Jeremy, I’m an AP Stats teacher in MN teaching in a professional-based business immersion program. We’d love to have you guest instruct remotely for our course about the details behind your rise to such MLB stats prominence.

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

@kare11 Great piece with @Corie_Barry. Was happy her genuine personality really showed in that interview. Each of the last two years, she has taken time out of her busy schedule to observe and offer feedback to presentations my HS students have given at Best Buy.

[Barry D Nussbaum @StatisticsBarry]

Statisticians hit big time in a major way. All baseball teams have analytic staffs but the WSJ reports (https://t.co/1s4u7lGUNQ via @WSJ) that the Tampa Bay Rays have put a uniformed analytics coach on the field, To bunt or not to bunt? Just ask #97, Jonathan Erlichman

[Jeff Erickson @TonkaPrincipal]

Thinking about AP Stats for next year? @TonkaVantage Business Analytics combines both AP Stats & IB Business. You work directly with companies on how they use data to make decision. Take 60 sec to find out more.

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

Thanks to the Minnetonka High School science department and student volunteers for a great morning at Spooky Science Saturday! Well organized, and great experiments for kids (and adults)! @TonkaSchools @TonkaPrincipal

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

Co-advisors @besttonkamath?

[Jeremy Frank @MLBRandomStats]

our HS sports analytics club is growing!

[A Useful Idiot @AUsefuIldiot]

I know why they don't do this (because they don't know the answer), but all these companies complaining about not having enough qualified job applicants should work with K-12 schools and colleges to make sure students are being prepared for...oh, I don't know...jobs

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

Either I need to open a lemonade stand, or using the average as a measure of center in a skewed distribution doesn’t make sense. #APStats

[AP for Students @APforStudents]

#MondayMotivation

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

#APStats

[Ben Jones @DataRemixed]

Stats Quiz: The average NFL player is about 25 years old, just over 6'2" in height, weighs a little more than 244lbs and makes slightly less than $1.5M in salary per year. Can you tell which distribution goes with which trait? See why the shape of the distribution matters a lot?

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

My 4 year-old just told me that he “wouldn’t let me sleep in his room if I was growing on his ass.” Thanks Buzz. #HomeAlone

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

1 student, out of ~200,000 worldwide whose exams are complete so far, earned all 100/100 points possible on this year’s AP Statistics exam. We're hiring . . .

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

The 2018 AP Statistics exam scores: 5: 14.1%; 4: 21.3%; 3: 25.2%; 2: 16.1%; 1: 23.3%. Congrats to these teachers and students – these increases in 3s, 4s, 5s are the result of stronger mastery of the material this year than last.

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

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[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

For those who have turned 18 in stats class and heard my gambling speech, please take note of these gambling revenue statistics.

[Daren Willman @darenw]

This article by @LemireJoe is a great read on modern day coaching, analytics and technology. Highly recommended! #LearnThatSQL

https://t.co/8WmZhCurdj

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

True veteran move there asking “value of p” rather than “p-value.” 0.4, thanks for asking. https://t.co/GIWqyZfJNz

[Darren Best @TonkaMrBest]

@breenmath What is the value of p?

[Matthew Breen @breenmath]

Binomialpdf. #APStats https://t.co/YohK5mOwzJ

[Ronald Klain @RonaldKlain]

The WH hosted military spouses today. Our armed forces are 40% non-white. The odds that -- BY CHANCE -- a group of 52 military spouses would contain no people of color are lower than 100 trillion to 1. So, umm....

[Robert J. Marzano @robertjmarzano]

Homework is perhaps one of the most misused strategies in K–12 classrooms; it is too often assigned as a matter of routine. Here are strategies to assign it purposefully. #NASOT